Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sabita is from Nepal and has a post-doctorate with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering. After finishing getting a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, she received a scholarship which allowed her to travel to Japan to continue her education.

Today she lives in Norway and works on different projects at Simula Research Laboratory, a laboratory that conducts basic research in the fields of networks and distributed systems, scientific computing, and software engineering.

Let’s go chat with her!

Interview Notes:

Timestamps:

[01:44] – What Sabita does for a living[2:26] – How to remove delay in a phone conversation[02:59] – What a day at work looks like[06:32] – Working in a group at work as a post-doc[07:57] – What Sabita did before acquiring her post-doc[10:22] – How high school in Nepal was, and what she studied after high school[13:06] Why Sabita chose to study Electronics and Communications Engineering[14:26] – How the study period for the Bachelor’s was[19:46] – Getting a scholarship and studying for a Master’s degree in Japan[27:34] – Moving to Norway after the Master’s degree[31:47] – Differences between Japan and Norway[39:41] – What Sabita would have studied if this career path was not an option[43:00] – Being confident and understanding oneself[45:17] – Recommended books[45:54] – What the future of Wireless Communication looks like[48:27] – Life lessons learned the hard way[50:05] – What advice Sabita would give to her 18-year-old self

Books and authors mentioned in the interview

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Choosing a College Major by Randall S. Hansen

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, with Christina Lamb as contributor

Want to find interesting books to read? On this list you´re sure to find something that fits you!

Check out StudyJapan for more information about studying in Japan and the scholarship that Sabita applied for.

Check out Study.com’s article on Electronics Communications Engineering which has some useful information

Videos

Check out this video of a day in the Life of an Electrical and Electronics Engineer. We follow John Poots, a graduate of electrical and electronic engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, during a typical day in his job with Intel.

Here is a video of a student of Electronic and Communication Engineering degree who is introducing his final year project; the LED Propeller clock.

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